But... I couldn't be more impressed with Goddard right now. He's definitely filled the E role just fine.He's no offensive juggernaut, but the guy will drop them with anyone and usually comes out on top.

His go with last night with Macintyre was just another for the season's you tube highlight reel.

Yeah, Godard has been impressive this year as he was in Calgary last season. While I was on the keep BLG bandwagon, for the cost of Godard I'm really glad things worked out the way they did. I don't know if BGL is hurt or what, but he's been scratched from the Montreal lineup a lot this season.

BGL doesnt like to fight and many people wont fight him. hes scrappy but i noticed here in PGH even, he wanted to score and be offesive more. His job was to be that big E and its hard to be him when no one will fight. Godard is like perfect. He's scrappy but people arent afraid to fight him. and he fights more in these first games than BGL did last year.

As an "enforcer", BGL stunk. It was great to watch him win fights, but they rarely served a purpose. When he was sent out on the ice after Letang got drilled, he did not waste too many strides in finding the guy who ran him.

He has also fared very well in almost every one of his bouts. He has destroyed McIntyre and Bradley this year already, and we are only 13 games in. McIntyre weighs something like 260lbs, and has plenty of fights under his belt but Goddard whipped his butt. It was funny watching him in the box telling the attendant there that he was "fine", as he had to grab the railing to keep himself upright.

The Snapshot wrote:As an "enforcer", BGL stunk. It was great to watch him win fights, but they rarely served a purpose. When he was sent out on the ice after Letang got drilled, he did not waste too many strides in finding the guy who ran him.

He has also fared very well in almost every one of his bouts. He has destroyed McIntyre and Bradley this year already, and we are only 13 games in. McIntyre weighs something like 260lbs, and has plenty of fights under his belt but Goddard whipped his butt. It was funny watching him in the box telling the attendant there that he was "fine", as he had to grab the railing to keep himself upright.

Godard has lived up to all my expectations. On July 1st, when we signed him I knew he would be a great enforcer that can actually do the job and protect our star players. Another good signing by Shero.

WWGRD wrote:Godard has lived up to all my expectations. On July 1st, when we signed him I knew he would be a great enforcer that can actually do the job and protect our star players. Another good signing by Shero.

From what I knew about him I knew he'd have enough edge to be an effective enforcer, I've been very pleasantly surprised that he can actually hold his own with the puck too.

WWGRD wrote:Godard has lived up to all my expectations. On July 1st, when we signed him I knew he would be a great enforcer that can actually do the job and protect our star players. Another good signing by Shero.

This. No more veiled invitations to drop the gloves and walking away dejected when it doesn't happen, this guy actually makes people pay for what they do instead of just letting them say "no". And the good part about it is he doesn't force people to fight; if they don't want to go, he'll get in their face or give them a good check rather than taking a 5 minute major for whaling on a guy who isn't fighting back. Master of his craft, though I'd like it if Cote didn't spank him the next time they play Filthy.

It seems like he's already fought more than Big George did his entire time here, and other than the bout against Jody Shelley, he's won them all. Props to Shero for bringing him in, and props to Godard for doing what he was brought here to do.

Godard was an excellent signing. He doesn't back down from nobody and notice you don't see too many cheap shots on Geno or Sid so far this season. Offensively he tries his best and isn't too bad. I don't worry when I see him on the ice. He's signed for 3 years and if he keeps doing this it's gonna be one of the more underrated Shero signings.

I don't really remember many cheap shots on them when Laraque was around either, but I don't want to turn this into another Laraque bash - which I'm sure it will. I think signing Godard amounts to this - he costs half as much as Laraque. He'll fight other team's goons during the season and serve his purpose there, but he shouldn't play in the playoffs.Considering that even Laraque's value in the playoffs is pretty questionable, I don't know why any team would spend much more than the minimum on any goon. They're a dime a dozen.

Henry Hank wrote:I don't really remember many cheap shots on them when Laraque was around either, but I don't want to turn this into another Laraque bash - which I'm sure it will. I think signing Godard amounts to this - he costs half as much as Laraque. He'll fight other team's goons during the season and serve his purpose there, but he shouldn't play in the playoffs.Considering that even Laraque's value in the playoffs is pretty questionable, I don't know why any team would spend much more than the minimum on any goon. They're a dime a dozen.

I def don't want to turn it into a Laraque bashing thread either. I def agree Godard costs half of what Laraque is and what you compare it to what BGL did I'd rather have Godard.